Glory Hole brings curious visitors to Whiskeytown Lake

[47of74]

Yep

People visited the Glory Hole at Whiskeytown Lake on Tuesday to capture photos of what is a fairly rare event — water flowing into the giant concrete cavity.

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Superintendent Jim Milestone said water flows down the Glory Hole only about once every five years.

Water spilled down the 24-foot-diameter hole last year during heavy rains, but before that it had been many years since it was used to prevent water from going over the dam.

Water does not flow into the spillway until the lake level exceeds 1,211 feet. The Glory Hole is an overflow drain designed to keep the lake level from rising so high that it spills over the top of the nearby dam.

[Historic NY]

1. Oh...

I thought it was some depraved place.

[liberal N proud]

2. That was not what I expected when I clicked on the thread.

[47of74]

5. Me neither when a FB friend first shared it with me

[underpants]

3. Jerry Jones is excited about this

[BainsBane]

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[47of74]

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And edit: Oh, BTW:

[TxDemChem]

4. I was just talking about the Cognitive Dissonance podcast

And saw this mere minutes later lol

[Initech]

8. Paddys Pub has one!

[47of74]

9. Uh...

[Kaleva]

10. 24' in diameter is excessively big for a proper glory hole.

It does not afford participants any anonymity at all.